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RBK752 : smartphone will try to reconnect endlessly when moving around the house
Hello to everyone, I have the following situation home : Router from ISP provider in the basement. From there, 3 ethernet cables. Two of the cables are connected to an Access point from my ISP (e...
orbi satellites can be hardwired in.
You can always go with your ISP's gateway and directly to the orbi router, then hardwire in the satellites. Thats how i run mine.
https://kb.netgear.com/000065169/Which-Orbi-routers-and-satellites-are-compatible
Or you could just use the current ap's and have them with a separate ssid (and on a different wifi channel) and when your in their area, roam to them manually. A little more work but it only really impacts the devices that roam around. I usually go with a flagship router for devices close to my primary router and then a mesh for the devices at the peripheral.
I was more thinking opf removing one Access point and replace it by the RBK350 router for example. That way, the ethernet cable going out of my ISP router will pllug in the new orbi 350 router. This new router will be set as AP obviously. This should work or is it preferable not to do so, and instead remove the ethernet cable and use a orbi satellite ?
Lauku wrote:
I was more thinking opf removing one Access point and replace it by the RBK350 router for example. That way, the ethernet cable going out of my ISP router will pllug in the new orbi 350 router. This new router will be set as AP obviously. This should work or is it preferable not to do so, and instead remove the ethernet cable and use a orbi satellite ?
As plemans explained, the fundamental issue is that every WiFi system is independent, no matter what 'mode' it is in. Even if the WiFi SSID/password is identical on the systems, they do not communicate with each other. It is up to each device to determine when it will switch from one access point to another. There are internet standards (I believe 802.11r) that specify how devices roam within one system, but they do not apply to roaming between separate WiFi systems.
Adding yet another WiFi system will make three separate WiFi networks in the house:
- ISP WiFi
- Orbi RBR752
- Orbi 350
The "best" solution in terms of devices roaming around the house is to have only one WiFi system,
